The building’s on Naito Parkway near the Fremont bridge.

In September 1918 there were two killers in the world. World War I, which would claim 20 million lives by its end, and the flu pandemic known as the Spanish Flu, is estimated to have killed between at...

[What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Transportation issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds.] Over fifty years ago, a freeway almost destroyed a large […]

[What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Transportation issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds.] Over fifty years ago, a freeway almost destroyed a large […]

**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...

This episode of Black History Quest will discuss how the Enterprise Investment Company impacted Portland's Black community.

An essay by Dawn Marie Knopf about the history of the US highway system, the costs of its creation, and conflicts over freeway expansion in Portland

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings. And here in Oregon, we say No Military Takeover of Our Communities.** Our event - Portland Indivisible and 50501. We Say NO KINGS! https://www.mobil...

On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America